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Dem Hopefuls Pile On Clinton

Posted Oct 31, 07 4:46 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – The knives were out for Hillary Clinton in the seventh and most confrontational of the Democratic presidential debates last night. John Edwards and Barack Obama led the attack on the frontrunner, criticizing her positions on Iran and illegal immigrants, and questioning her credibility and electability, the New York Times reports.

Obama made good on his much-publicized promise to toughen his rhetoric against Clinton, but it was Edwards, the Times notes, who was the most withering: "If people want the status quo, Senator Clinton's your candidate." Her other antagonist for the night: moderator Tim Russert, whose pointed questions surprised her. At one point Gov. Bill Richardson had to step in to dissuade his colleagues from personal attacks.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left speaks during a debate as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listens, at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is greeted by the audience as she is introduced before the start of the debate Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, in Philadelphia, at Drexel University.(AP...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left, speaks during a debate as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listen at Drexel University in Philadelphia,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand at their podiums before the start of a Democratic debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia,...   (Associated Press)
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